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Worship in Spirit and Truth
2 Samuel 6:
1 Again David gathered all the choice men of Israel, thirty thousand.
2 And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, whose name is called by the Name, the LORD of Hosts, who dwells between the cherubim.
3 So they set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.
4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill, accompanying the ark of God; and Ahio went before the ark.
5 Then David and all the house of Israel played music before the LORD on all kinds of instruments of fir wood, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on sistrums, and on cymbals.
6 And when they came to Nachon's threshing floor, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled.
7 Then the anger of the LORD was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by the ark of God.
8 And David became angry because of the LORD's outbreak against Uzzah; and he called the name of the place Perez Uzzah to this day.
9 David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, "How can the ark of the LORD come to me?"
At first glance, many people are bothered by this hard passage.
Many times I have heard people ask why God killed Uzzah for trying to keep the ark of God from falling?
However, this passage contains a powerful truth that should not be missed.
Uzzah putting his hand to the ark is the consequences of the real failure occurred before oxen stumbled.
Let’s look back to Exodus 25:
12 "You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four corners; two rings shall be on one side, and two rings on the other side.
13 "And you shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
14 "You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, that the ark may be carried by them.
15 "The poles shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.
In unmistakable terms, God commanded that the ark be treated as holy and only use the poles to carry the ark.
The ark was a representation of a holy God who is to be feared.
The Bible tells us that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
When that fear is lost, people begin to make their own rules.
Instead of loving God and being loved by God, people reduce God to a level where they feel that they can determine what is acceptable based on their own will.
Wisdom then falls and foolish actions take its place.
Only when God is enthroned in our hearts will we truly understand and enjoy fellowship with Him.
Once we push aside His commandments, we begin to be our own god and attempt to make Him our subject.
To fear God is not to be afraid of God, but to stand in awe of Him.
Ironically, those who do not fear God are the ones who end up being afraid of God just as David was here.
After Uzzah died, David was afraid.
Yet, throughout most of David’s life, he feared God and as a result, he was not afraid.
He had confidence in God and felt a closeness to God that is unmatched in the scriptures.
He was blessed and at peace.
The depth of his love for God and his ability to see God’s love for him was born out of that fear of the Lord that was established in David’s life.
Instead of being placed on a cart, the ark of God was to be carried with honor by the tribe of Levi.
The Levites were set apart by God to do this service.
Look at Deuteronomy 10
8 At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister to Him and to bless in His name, to this day.
Also in unmistakable terms, God commanded the Levites to be bearers of the ark of God.
Yet Uzzah and Ahio were tending to the ark when it was being carried.
Uzzah and Ahio were relatives of King David who was from the tribe of Judah instead of Levi.
From the beginning, the ark of God was treated with complete disregard for what God has commanded.
This becomes a great object lesson which confirms what we are commanded today.
Look at John 4
23 "But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.
24 "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."
In our modern culture, people disregard what God has declared as truth and it is replaced with human wisdom.
No longer to people fear God or have any regard for what He declares to be true.
Modern theologians argue that all roads lead to God.
All religions are equal and are different ways to worship the same God.
God becomes subject to religion instead of worshippers becoming subject to God.
All religions focus on some type of worship and some type of spiritualism.
However, worshipping in spirit is meaningless unless truth is embraced.
God doesn’t call us to approach Him in a spiritual worship.
God calls for a spiritual focus with a foundation based on truth.
The problem for many is that the Bible draws clear lines that do not allow tolerance of other religions.
What has God revealed?
Good intentions are not what God has said He will honor.
In fact, the Bible gives several examples where God rejects good intentions because men rejected obedience.
David had good intentions.
He led a national parade with music, singing and dancing.
He thought he was honoring God and his whole intention was to bring the ark of God to place it in what David considered to be a place of honor.
What David misunderstood is that God is honored by obedience and reverence.
In the end, God honored David’s effort, but only after David honored God’s commands.
Any effort to honor God without obedience is still a dishonor regardless of what type of worship we perform.
Good intentions only produce godly results when obedience to God is the primary focus.
Therefore we must take care to understand how God has revealed Himself and His will.
Spiritual worship without truth is not of God.
When we tolerate error so we can have worship, our emotions become the object of our worship.
David’s thirty thousand soldiers and possibly a hundred thousand others singing, shouting, and rejoicing with great music did not impress God because His truth was neglected.
Modern ideas of truth also do not impress God.
Postmodernism teaches that everyone has their own truth.
What is true for you may not be true for me.
We all must find our own truth and we are the ones who determine what truth is.
Everything is tolerated except what doesn’t tolerate this way of thinking.
Ironically, many people who deny scripture may use the Bible.
However, the Bible provides a very narrow view of truth.
You cannot choose your own truth and stand in God’s will at the same time.
The Bible narrowly defines truth in John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through Me.
This single statement forces a choice.
Either all religions are wrong except salvation through Jesus Christ, or the Bible is wrong.
There is no middle ground.
Christians who believe this are often called intolerant – and rightly so.
With all the sincerity we can muster, we can acknowledge other ways to God, but that does not make them true.
We must either deny the Bible or accept that Jesus is our truth.
Jesus also warned that those who attempt to find salvation without Christ are thieves and robbers.
Look at John 10:
1 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2 "But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 "To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
4 "And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
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9 "I am the door.
If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
10 "The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.
I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
11 "I am the good shepherd.
The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.
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